You can request an owners manual in English from your dealer. That is what I did for my Toyota, took a few weeks but I eventually got one for free. In the mean time if you want scan your booklet page and PM to me as I can read some Thai.

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Do your homework before changing. Honda cars are made to run on mineral oil not synthetic. Using synthetic will void the warranty. The choice is yours chose wisely.

 

And this is spelled out in black and white where?

 

Absolutely false. Where did you get this idea?

 

oooo an argument!

May I direct your attention to aisle 3.8 where there's a fight already in progress.

Honda just says (owners manual, 2009 page 254) whatever oil you put in it must meet the service requirements and weight of conventional oil they specify. I guess that means only use 5w20.

Me, I just drive into the Honda-fast-service lane on the way to work. Honda dino 5w20 (they told me exxon/mobile makes it here) and a wash. $25, 20 minutes I'm on my way. Yes I use the MM. Yes I'm ignorant.

 

5w20 or better. So 0w20 also works

 

The owners manual is pretty specific. Do you have a shop manual that specifies?:
The viscosity/temp graph shows 5w20 for all ambient temps.

Wouldn't better depend on local temps? In Saudi Arabia I think heavier weights would be better.

If I lived up north I'd probably go for 0w20 regardless of what the manual says, but in Georgia it's moot.

 

Wow... that's funny. BZZZZ Thanks for playing

Synthetic is just fine. Some hondas I believe were designed for synthetic only (I think that's the way the S2K was but I could be wrong). All three of the Honda/Acura dealers I've regularly used all had synthetic oil changes as an option for all hondas/acuras offered.

I have mine done at the dealer using synthetic and have no warranty concerns at all.

~SB

 

Read exactly what Honda recommends. Always use 5w-20, nothing like better bro.